Dave Nordstrand: Salinas mayors on parade

7:35 PM,
Sep. 24, 2013

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Anyone with the slightest curiosity about how Salinas grew from a scattering of buildings to what it is today, a small and busy city, might page through "Roll Call, The Mayors of Salinas," a new self-publishing effort by Lisa Eisemann.

I did page through it, learned more than a bit about the city and enjoyed a few laughs along the way.

Eisemann's focus are the city's 33 mayors and a few council members. All played key roles in the shaping this community around us. Married to current mayor Joe Gunter, who is featured last in the book, Eisemann gives each of her subjects two or three pages, and it's a fun ...